Teaching

I have realized that one learns the most about the subject when one teaches it. Explaining a concept to others is the best way to clarify it in one's mind. If I am a good teacher, it is because I had students who willingly heard me while I was learning. 

I am like a person who sells the river water - people, for various reasons, can not access the river so I provide it in the doses that they can manage to take. A teacher always delves into the pool of existing knowledge, but with her own interpretations. I am aware that my ideological leanings and biases are reflected in my teaching; I am only human! 

Each person who comes to learn has his or her strengths. I have no illusions that I measure their potential. I play the limited role of testing whether the person has understood the concepts that I have taught. Not doing well in my subject means nothing as far as the overall personality of any student is concerned. As is said, education tries to teach the same thing, like climbing a tree, to a fish, a bird, an elephant and a monkey. It is very important to understand the shortcomings of the educational system that we have created.  

I have always been rated much above average in student evaluations at all institutes I have taught at.

This page includes sections on: 

Courses taught in past at DAIICT, 

Courses taught in Mumbai School of Economics,

 Courses taught in Tata Institute of Social Sciences